Greetings MrRight and thank you for a wonderful comment!
Now, you've raised a number of questions which I'd like to address.
Firstly, you've mentioned the language barrier - and we do understand that this might be a problem with some cases. But as an indie studio we couldn't always afford translating the game into all languages our players want. However, we are always and always working with our community and provide it with an extended support in its initiatives, like, for example - fan translation. Here's a wonderful result of such cooperation:
German Translation/Deutsche Übersetzung (mit oder ohne DLC!), consider using this mod should you need your game to be in German

Secondly, let's talk about controls - those are really easy to get used to, and even if initially it might be difficult for some players, after half an hour - hour of gameplay pretty much everyone gets used to it.
Thirdly, If you're in the beginning of your journey - don't rush it, either follow the quests or store up some money to buy a better ship, this will give you an upper hand against most of the pirates you'll encounter. And if you need some more info don't hesitate to visit our
wiki or take a look at the
videos we've recorded for our newer players.
Lastly, most of the VoidExanse multiplayer servers are run by our community, so... we've pretty much done what you're suggesting already. =)
Hopefully, this helps, thank you once again, and have a great game!